Essays on Song-writing: With a Collection of Such English Songs as are Most Eminent for Poetical MeritW. Eyres, 1774 - 286 страници |
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... poetry , and that talent for producing those beauties , for all which Mr. Rafbotham is fo well known and so justly admired , will , I am fure , be thought to ftamp a pecu- liar propriety on my intentions . ACCEPT , therefore , dear Sir ...
... poetry , and that talent for producing those beauties , for all which Mr. Rafbotham is fo well known and so justly admired , will , I am fure , be thought to ftamp a pecu- liar propriety on my intentions . ACCEPT , therefore , dear Sir ...
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... poetry , I have frequently joined them in lamenting that the number of excellent fongs which our language afforded , were fo difperfed through a variety of authors , or overwhelmed in in- judicious collections , that it was a moft diffi ...
... poetry , I have frequently joined them in lamenting that the number of excellent fongs which our language afforded , were fo difperfed through a variety of authors , or overwhelmed in in- judicious collections , that it was a moft diffi ...
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... poetry , in this pleafing branch of it , was to be appre- hended . This we in great measure attributed to the fashionable rage for mufic , which had encouraged fuch a mushroom growth of comic operas , that vile mongrel of the drama ...
... poetry , in this pleafing branch of it , was to be appre- hended . This we in great measure attributed to the fashionable rage for mufic , which had encouraged fuch a mushroom growth of comic operas , that vile mongrel of the drama ...
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... poetry affords . Difference of tafte will always prevent uniformity of judg- ment , even where the faculties of judging are equal ; and I have been much less folicitous to give a collection to which nothing could be added , than one ...
... poetry affords . Difference of tafte will always prevent uniformity of judg- ment , even where the faculties of judging are equal ; and I have been much less folicitous to give a collection to which nothing could be added , than one ...
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... poetry , but not fufficiently guarded from offending that charm- ing delicacy of the fex , which every man must admire , and ought to respect . These were the luxuriances of an age , when the men of plea- fure lavished wit and genius ...
... poetry , but not fufficiently guarded from offending that charm- ing delicacy of the fex , which every man must admire , and ought to respect . These were the luxuriances of an age , when the men of plea- fure lavished wit and genius ...
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Anacreon antient ballad beauty becauſe blefs bleft bluſh bofom breaſt CATULLUS CELIA charms cheek CHLOE circumſtance compariſon compofition cruel cry'd dear defcription defire deſpair Engliſh epigram expreffion eyes face fair falfe fancy fatire feek fentiment fhade fhall fhepherd fhould figh fimple fimplicity fince fing firft firſt fmiles foft fome fond fong forrows foul fpread ftill fubject fuch fung furprize fwain fweet gentle give grace heart itſelf know my love laft lefs lov'd lover Lyric Lyric poetry maid meaſure moſt mufic muft muſt nature ne'er nymph o'er paffion paftoral pain paſt PHYLLIS pieces pity plain pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poetical poetry praiſe purpoſe racter reft rofe Sappho ſcene ſhall ſhe SOAME JENYNS ſpeak ſpring ſtill ſtory ſtrain ſweet taſte tears tender thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thro Twas vows weep whofe wiſh youth
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Страница 86 - With the lilac to render it gay ! Already it calls for my love To prune the wild branches away. From the plains, from the woodlands and groves. What strains of wild melody flow!
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